ONLY putting vaccinated players in scrums – and therefore producing some unfamiliar sights – could become common when the set-piece returns to rugby ... under which league positions were ...

Oh, hang on, we’ve started talking about positions… Rugby union teams ... sometimes look similar to scrums. However, these occur in open play, while scrums are a set piece.

The RFL believes more fixtures would have been lost but for the decision to scrap scrums in 2020 but ... percentage which was used to determine league positions in each of the last two Covid ...

Rugby league evolved directly from this set-up when ... as they make their way up the pitch. This results in very different strategies when it comes to optimising field position.

And the humble rugby league scrum has freed Munster and the ... And with scrum plays allowing for the most isolated six-on-six backline set-up in the game, half the battle for Melbourne is making ...

The RFL has announced it will not bring scrums back into domestic rugby league until at least 2022 over concerns for players' health amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Scrums were taken out of ...

Scrums had been replaced by a play-the-ball for the awarded team across the line Scrums have been approved by the Rugby Football League board ... tacklers - as it did up to 2020.

You may be asked to set these preferences again ... my info” in the footer at any time. Scrums will still be missing at the start of the rugby league season, but could be re-introduced later ...

Super League is looking at outlawing scrums for the rest of the 2020 season and introducing other rule changes “largely to make the sport of rugby league safer in the current public health ...

Organisers, though, say it will be kept under review and scrums could return, certainly at Betfred Super League level, given the need to prepare players for this autumn's Rugby League World Cup ...

Scrums have been approved by the Rugby Football League board as safe to return to ... regardless of the peel away of tacklers - as it did up to 2020. Players will also be required to leave the ...